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Published on 17/04/2026 – 14:43 GMT+2 Israel’s defence minister said on Friday that the campaign against the militant group Hezbollah was not yet complete, just hours after a 10-day ceasefire came into force in Lebanon. He also warned that if the fighting resumed, displaced residents returning to the country’s war-torn south would have to evacuate again. “The ground manoeuvre into Lebanon and the strikes on Hezbollah have achieved many gains, but they are still not complete,” Israel Katz said in a broadcast statement. There remained areas of the south that had not yet been cleared of Hezbollah militants, which would…
A new airport has opened in Qaqortoq, giving international travellers direct access to the main town of South Greenland for the first time. It marks the opening up of one of the Arctic’s most diverse and lesser-visited areas. “South Greenland offers a rare combination of powerful nature and a living culture shaped over generations,” says Visit Greenland Director Anne Nivika Grødem. “Improved access allows us to welcome visitors with greater intention – encouraging travel with curiosity, while creating lasting value for local communities and more meaningful experiences for our guests.” Discover the fjords and fertile valleys of South Greenland Previously…
The two-day event aims to build a counter to advancing authoritarian and far-right forces, from the nationalist right in Europe — including parties aligned with the Patriots for Europe bloc — to global politics in the age of U.S. President Donald Trump. “This is not an isolated trend,” Löfven said. “It’s a shared challenge that requires a coordinated global response.” The Barcelona program includes a leaders’ dinner on Friday followed by a day of events featuring Socialist group chief Iratxe García and European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera as well as Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South Africa’s Cyril…
On Sunday, 12 April, Hungarian voters cast their ballots in the country’s parliamentary election, ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule. Tisza, the pro-European, conservative party led by Péter Magyar, secured a two-thirds majority in one of the most anticipated and closely watched elections of 2026. The outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has, in fact, been a central actor in the European Union (EU), where he’s well known for his anti-EU rhetoric and his use of the veto mechanisms to block, among others, aid to Ukraine. On the contrary, Prime Minister-designate Péter Magyar has taken a more positive stance on…
Forbes has already weighed in on the best new hotels debate, declaring The Red Sea EDITION in Saudi Arabia the greatest opening this year. For Esquire, Collegio Alla Querce, Auberge Collection in Florence captured the hearts of its editors. Now Travel + Leisure has released its 2026 It List, with 100 brilliant properties highlighted across the globe. While there’s no overall winner, the listings are split into categories including best city hotels, cruise ships and “splurge-worthy stays”. The latter is defined as any hotel that will set you back more than €1,000 a night, and 19 properties on the list…
National governments can equally design their own apps, and the apps are meant to work together to allow for smooth age checks across the bloc. But critics of age blocks say the technology to check people’s ages with proper privacy and data protections just isn’t ready — and even if it was, internet users would easily bypass it with things like virtual private networks (VPNs) that mask their location. Blazy was part of a group of more than 400 privacy and security experts who sent an open letter to the Commission in March to impose a “moratorium on deployment plans…
Bulgaria holds its eight parliamentary elections in five years on Sunday, with former president Rumen Radev’s new party leading polls in a vote many hope will end now-chronic political instability. Radev, a former air force general who resigned as president in January, formed his Progressive Bulgaria coalition after the resignation of the government in December. His party leads with 33% support according to the latest polls, positioning him as a key power broker in what is expected to be another fragmented parliament. The election follows five years of near-permanent crisis in which no government has survived a full term. Instead,…
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Published on 17/04/2026 – 11:56 GMT+2 Last year, we suggested (proved?) that the Trump administration may be culturally illiterate – especially when it comes to cinema. Now, Pete Hegseth has added another stone to that dubious edifice. The US Secretary of War, a Christian nationalist who has been referencing the Bible and Jesus Christ in several of his gung-ho / fire-and-brimstone addresses, quoted a fake Bible verse from Quentin Tarantino’s beloved classic Pulp Fiction during a prayer service at the Pentagon. No, we’re not making this up. Hegseth mistakenly presented the made-up scripture as genuine Bible verse – seemingly trying…
Mandelson became U.S. ambassador in February 2025 before being sacked in September over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Guardian first reported Thursday afternoon Mandelson did not pass his security vetting clearance, but that the Foreign Office overruled the decision. Jones told the BBC on Friday morning that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ignored the advice of United Kingdom Security Vetting, the government’s screening agency. “I find this whole situation astonishing,” Jones said in his BBC remarks, adding that he suspended the Foreign Office’s right to ignore security vetting going forward last night. “That is a failure…